John Kelly's Commons: November 15, 2009 - November 21, 2009

BritNews RoundUp will return next week. Instead, I bring you this Italian video. It was produced by RAI, Italy's public television station, on the occasion of Wednesday's launch of its new Citizen Report citizen journalism Web site. Since citizen journalism...

The blood was on the footpath, three red splotches evenly spaced across the asphalt. At first I thought it was juice, the contents of a sippee cup scattered on this popular suburban path by a toddler in a jogging stroller....

Today: Delivering the mail through the ages. These images from The Post's photo archives show various advances in mail-delivery technology. This photo, by the Harris & Ewing studio, is captioned: "Motorcycle postman (1912)." That looks like it's a Washington street,...